8) Some hip-hop albums make debuts within the Top 40 of the Billboard 200. This includes Trip Lee, who bows at #16 with Rise, released via Reach Records (same label housing Lecrae). Stalley debuts at #35 with Ohio.

11) Danity Kane make their return on the charts, albeit it modestly at #44.

12) Blake Shelton is not bringing back too much sunshine as Bringing Back The Sunshine is selling as mediocrely as everything else despite a #1 debut five weeks ago. No need to fret Blake, as Lady Antebellum is also underperforming with 747.

13) Emblem3 return as a duo with their Forever Together (EP) which is an independent release. It doesn’t near match the sales of the former trio’s major label debut… This one settles for a tepid #56 start.

14) Say it ain’t so U2! Songs Of Innocence is nothing short of a bomb. Its chart positions are #9 to #25 to #63. This album is going nowhere.

15) There is no breakthrough for Jessie J, as Sweet Talker isn’t the least bit sweet commercially. After debuting at #10, Sweet Talker fell to #46 in its second week and #98 this week. “Bang Bang” – it’s deader than a doornail.